However, he crowned a successful piece of detective work by arresting an old serial killer who had eluded the police for 20 years. Written with Ian Rankin's signature wit, style and intricacy, Black and Blue is a novel of uncommon and unforgettable intrigue. Available on BritBox, Prime Video S1 E1: In the first instalment, Inspector John Rebus is on the disturbing trail of the self-named 'Disciple'- a copycat serial killer who models his crimes on those of The Preacher, who was responsible for similar atrocities fifteen years earlier. 'Black & Blue' presented D/I John Rebus with a lot of challenges. Suddenly caught in the glare of the television cameras and in the middle of more than one investigation, Rebus must proceed wiht caution: One mistake could mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or, worse still, losing his job. His investigation takes him north to the oil rigs of Aberdeen, where he meets the Bible Johnny media circus head-on. The Bible Johnny case would be perfect for Inspector John Rebus, but after a run-in with a crooked senior officer, he's been shunted aside to one of Edinburgh's toughest suburbs, where he investigates the murder of an off-duty oilman. Nicknamed 'Bible Johnny' by the media, he is a new menace with violent ambitions. A serial killer of young women of the past, kno. 'Bible John' terrorized Glasgow in the sixties and seventies, murdering three women he met in a local ballroom-and he was never caught. Crime Drama Mystery The first of the REBUS programs introduces the Scottish Detective Inspector John Rebus as he untangles the various strands of the interwoven web of criminal intrigues from Leith, Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Glasgow and points between. The first of the REBUS programs introduces the Scottish Detective Inspector John Rebus as. And convict Lenny Spaven died just to prove a point. Oilman Allan Mitchelson died for his principles. Johnny Bible killed to steal his namesake's glory. Bible John killed three women, and took three souvenirs.

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